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In the past 100 years, Nebraska has seen significant loss of its natural resources from tallgrass prairies to wetlands. In fact, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks, 98 percent of the tallgrass prairies and 35 percent of wetlands have been lost, primarily due to conversion to cropland or construction activities.

Twenty-six students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture have been honored with awards from the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), National Design Awards 2023 program. Of the thirteen student group submissions selected by the SARA jury for award, UNL received four of the honors.

The College of Architecture is excited to announce celebrated landscape architecture influencer Michael Grove, will be giving the next Hyde Lecture entitled "Luck, Glamour, Passion and Prestige... and why they're all a fallacy” at 4 p.m., November 6, at Richards Hall, room 15.

The College of Architecture is excited to announce Robert Adams, renowned advocate for designing with disability inclusivity, will be giving the next Hyde Lecture entitled “Criptographies: Disability Aesthetics and Design” at 4 p.m., October 30, at Richards Hall, room 15.

The College of Architecture is excited to announce Nader Tehrani, nationally renowned designer of architecture school buildings including the newest addition to Architecture Hall, will be giving the first Hyde Lecture of the season entitled “The Animate Analytique” at 4 p.m., October 13, in the Sheldon Museum of Art’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium.

Want up-to-date images of our Phase 2 Construction Project? Follow this link (https://go.unl.edu/b6vy ) or watch below for images that refresh every 8 seconds! We are very excited about this new addition that will add 14 new studios among other amenities and now you can join and see all the progress.

The College of Architecture is pleased to announce Professor Jeffrey L Day, FAIA, NCARB has been appointed as president elect for the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) starting this November, and in 2025 he will serve as president.

What does Barbie the architect and Barbie the movie art director have in common? One might think, not a lot. However, there are quite a surprising number of design professionals that work on movie sets who either have architecture or interior design degrees.

More than 6,400 University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2022-23 academic year, 178 were from the College of Architecture.

Qualification for the Deans’ List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center.  

The College of Architecture is pleased to announce Assistant Professor Kendra Ordia was honored with the 2023 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Teaching Excellence Award! Ordia was awarded this accolade because of her efforts in crafting nature-integrated interiors through biophilic experiential learning methodology in teaching studios.